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What Matters Most On Wednesday, October 15, 2025

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From left, Eitan Levy, Uriel Baruch and Staff Sgt. Tamir Nimrodi, who were held hostage in Gaza and whose bodies were returned by Hamas on October 14, 2025. (Courtesy)

Hamas returns bodies of hostages Tamir Nimrodi, Uriel Baruch, Eitan Levy; 4th body a Palestinian

By Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman, Nurit Yohanan, Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff

Forensic examination confirms fourth body transferred by terror group does not belong to any hostage; return of Nimrodi’s remains is first confirmation he was killed in captivity

The bodies of four apparent slain hostages being escorted by Israel Police to the Abu Kabir forensic institute in Tel Aviv, early October 15, 2025. (Israel Police)

4 bodies, purportedly of unnamed hostages, return to Israel after threat to limit aid

By Emanuel Fabian, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

‘The moment we so feared’: Tamir Nimrodi, 18, final hostage with fate unknown, confirmed dead

By Emanuel Fabian, Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff

Before return of soldier’s body, Israel had expressed ‘grave concern’ about his fate; father says family ‘lucky’ to get body back, ‘long struggle ahead’ for return of other slain hostages

Tamir Nimrodi, who was taken hostage by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, from his army base near Erez Crossing (Courtesy)

Bipin Joshi (Courtesy)

Family mourns slain Nepalese hostage, hails his heroism on October 7

By Jessica Steinberg and ToI Staff

Op-ed: Day 740 of the war

Israel’s bright, exuberant, imperfect day, two years after its worst

No, the war is not over, Hamas is not destroyed, and not all of the hostages are home. But President Trump saved 20 worlds. May that be only the start

Top left: US President Donald Trump addresses the Knesset, Oct. 13, 2025. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool via AP); Top right: Released hostage Alon Ohel gestures upon arrival with his family at Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Hospital, in Petah Tikva, October 13, 2025. (REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov); Bottom left: Protesters at Habima Square in Tel Aviv hold up posters of some of the slain hostages who have not been returned to Israel, October 14, 2025. (Yael Gadot / Pro-Democracy Protest Movement); Bottom right: Image grab from a handout video released by the Hamas-run al-Aqsa TV's Telegram channel on October 13, 2025, showing Hamas gunmen executing blindfolded, bound and kneeling men as a crowd surrounds them in a street in Gaza City. (Al-Aqsa TV / AFP)

Relatives of hostages whose bodies are still in Gaza Strip shout slogans calling for their release, at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, October 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Oct. 15: Day 740 – Moving reunions, renewed rallies to bring hostages home now

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US President Donald Trump speaks in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Oct. 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP/Alex Brandon)

Trump justifies Hamas execution of 'very bad gangs'

Trump: If Hamas doesn’t uphold vow to disarm, ‘we will disarm them, perhaps violently’

US president notes ‘job is not done’ on ceasefire deal, as ‘the dead have not been returned, as promised,’ says terror group misrepresented the number of bodies it would hand over

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives an interview to CBS News from Beilinson Medical Center, October 14, 2025. (Screenshot, CBS News)

Netanyahu warns Hamas to disarm or risk ‘all hell’ breaking loose

Red Crescent vehicles and refrigerated trucks are parked at the Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 15, 2025, (Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Oct. 15: IDF receives 2 bodies from Red Cross; Hamas says it has returned all dead hostages it could find

By Shira Silkoff and ToI Staff

Bodies to be taken to forensics institute for identification * Trump: I held Israel back, but it’ll return to Gaza as soon as I give the word if Hamas doesn’t uphold deal

8:56 pm

Report: Israeli intel shared with US suggests Hamas has access to more dead hostages than it claims
8:35 pm

Trump says Hamas looking for bodies of hostages, some buried under rubble or in tunnels
8:20 pm

IDF transports caskets purportedly holding remains of two hostages out of Gaza

The day after. Finally.

The war is not over, the future is uncertain, and we still await the return of fallen hostages, but for the first time in two years, our hearts feel whole

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A new future for Gaza and Israel may be possible, but only if international troops step in for the long haul to combat violent forces, including Hamas

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Now comes the hard part in Gaza

Before allowing reconstruction or foreign peacekeepers, Israel should withdraw to defensible lines and wait until Hamas meets its obligations (Spoiler: It won’t)

Saying goodbye is hard: Simchat Torah and October 7th

On this overwhelmingly sad day of remembrance, parting from the holiday is a challenge, but we channel our grief and focus on the underlying love

From L-R: Miri Ben Ami, mother of freed hostage; Rivka Bohbot, wife of freed hostage Elkana Bohbot; Avi Ohana, the father of released hostage Yosef Chaim Ohana; Liran Berman, brother of freed hostages Gali and Ziv Berman; and Maccabit Meir, the Bermans' aunt, speaking at Sheba Hospital on October 14, 2025. (Credit: Oriel Even Sapir/Hostages and Missing Families Forum)

‘Coming back to life’: Freed hostages’ families give updates, thanks; some snub PM

Relatives of many of the 20 released captives thank Trump, IDF, Israeli nation as they detail the physical and emotional scars from Gaza that the freed hostages bear

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the Tel Aviv District Court for his corruption trial, October 15, 2025. (Reuven Kastro/POOL)

Trial hearing ends early for ill Netanyahu, who’s accused of exposing freed hostages to disease

By Jeremy Sharon, Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

PM’s office says he has bronchitis that ‘poses no danger’ to others; Hostages Forum doctor says his Tues. hospital visit endangered newly released captives who have compromised immune systems

PA condemns Hamas executions as ‘heinous crimes’; Trump shrugs off crackdown

By Nurit Yohanan, AFP and ToI Staff

Abbas’s office calls for ‘restoration of law’ in Gaza, PA rights group demands end to ‘extrajudicial and arbitrary executions’; US president says Hamas ‘killed a number of gang members’

A man rides a donkey cart past destroyed buildings as displaced Palestinians return to their homes in the in al-Zahra area, north of the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, on October 14, 2025, amid the Gaza ceasefire brokered by US President Donald Trump. (Eyad BABA / AFP)

IDF: Troops fired at Gazan suspects who approached them after crossing ceasefire line

By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies

Displaced Palestinians walk past destroyed buildings as they return to their homes in the in al-Zahra area, north of the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, on October 14, 2025. (Eyad BABA / AFP)

Egypt says Israel and Hamas approved Palestinian team tapped to govern postwar Gaza

15 Palestinian technocrats will ‘take care of daily life’ in Gaza, declares Egyptian FM, as UN official says a number of countries have pledged billions needed for reconstruction

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Gaza deal’s secret humanitarian annex omits GHF, which isn’t poised for postwar role

Document says ‘other organizations’ to assist in aid distribution but the US- and Israel-backed group not slated to be among them, as it runs out of funds and its leader departs

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What Matters Now to Micah Goodman: End of Gaza war heralds a tectonic shift in Israel

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

The author and public intellectual places the end of the Hamas war into the timeline of the Jewish state and posits that we’re on brink of the rise of a third Israeli republic

Justice Minister Yariv Levin arrives at the Supreme Court for the retirement ceremony for judge Yosef Elron, September 18, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Levin vows to advance bill that would enable slowdown of Netanyahu’s trial

By Jeremy Sharon

Legislation would allow defense minister to limit court hearings during time of war; opposition leaders accuse Levin of returning to judicial overhaul agenda, pledge to oppose bill

US President Donald Trump (L), Knesset speaker Amir Ohana (C) and President Isaac Herzog at the Knesset, in Jerusalem on October 13, 2025 (Kenny HOLSTON / POOL / AFP)

Herzog, opposition pan defiant Ohana for excluding top judge and AG from Trump speech

By Jeremy Sharon, Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff

High-rise buildings are pictured in the Doha skyline, in Qatar, on September 15, 2025. (Mahmud HAMS / AFP)

Analysis'The relationship will continue'

From airstrike to hugs, Israel still won’t decide whether Qatar is partner or foe

By Nava Freiberg

For decades, Jerusalem has pursued a contradictory approach to Doha, now more influential than ever. But there is a path for steering the two-faced emirate into a more constructive stance

The rebuilt and upgraded Zikim Beach, in a handout photo issued on October 15, 2025. (Hof Ashkelon Regional Council and Tekuma Directorate.

In first since October 7 massacre, IDF reopening Zikim Beach near Gaza border

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Popular beach to be open to public from Thursday during daylight hours, following major renovations; 17 civilians and 1 soldier were killed there during Hamas attack 2 years ago

In her new book, 'As a Jew,' Sarah Hurwitz argues how Jews can reclaim a tradition that has too often been shaped by others' prejudices and ignorance. (HarperOne via JTA)

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By Andrew Silow-Carroll

In her new book ‘As a Jew,’ the former White House speechwriter confronts the challenges of appreciating Jewish tradition at a time of rising antisemitism and a polarizing debate over Israel

Italy's Gianluca Mancini, right, scores his side's third goal during the World Cup 2026 Group I qualifying soccer match between Italy and Israel at the Bluenergy Stadium in Udine, Italy, October 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Israel’s World Cup hopes end as loss to Italy is accompanied by boos, protests

By Agencies and ToI Staff

National soccer team loses 0-3 to the Azzurri, with heavy security in Udine preventing major incidents; some 10,000 march against Jewish state in city despite Gaza truce

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By Sharon Wrobel

Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Syrian interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa hold a meeting at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow on October 15, 2025. (Alexander Zemlianichenko / POOL / AFP)

Syria’s Sharaa, in first Russia visit, says he’ll respect all past deals with Moscow

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Portraits of French national Cecile Kohler (L) currently imprisoned in Iran with her partner French national Jacques Paris (C) along with a placard reading "Freedom for Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris arbitrarily detained in Iran for over two years in appalling conditions" outside the Palais Bourbon, France's National Assembly, in Paris, on March 25, 2025. (Bertrand GUAY / AFP)

Iran court sentences 2 French citizens to long jail terms for spying for Israel, France

A drone view of the mass grave site in the desert near the eastern Syrian town of Dhumair, February 27, 2025. A Reuters investigation found that the Assad government secretly trucked thousands of bodies there from an exposed mass grave in the Damascus suburb of Qutayfah from 2019 to 2021. (REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi)

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By MAGGIE MICHAEL, Feras Dalatey, Ryan McNeill and Khalil Ashawi

Candace Owens speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at The Rosen Shingle Creek on February 25, 2022, in Orlando, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP)

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